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Excitement at my house this Friday!!
I had just finished lunch at the house and was driving back to work. When an ABC7 news van turns in front of me and drives down our street. Now for those of you that have been to the house know my street doesn't go anywhere. I turned to continue to work when my curiosity got the best of me. So I turned around and drove back down my street. I noticed that the van stopped at the top of our hill and then slowly started driving down the hill. So following him, I slowly crept over the hill in my car and what do I see when I get over the peak but the van parking in front of MY driveway!! What?!? What could they possibly want with our house?! So I pulled in behind the van and watched as a guy in a suit starts walking toward Brian (Jimmy's brother, who was outside working in the garage). They talk and then Jimmy comes out and starts talking to him. I thought, "Okay, maybe they want to use our house for its view of the valley" because I notice the other guy in the van pop out with a tripod and camera. Then they broke out the microphone!! Okay now I'm freaked out. Let's just say the guys aren't 100% legal to work from the garage. I started thinking they were doing some sort of exposé on them. But as I'm watching the interview Jimmy is smiling - okay no exposé - good, but then what?! I had just left the house and gave him a kiss goodbye, had there been anything interesting he would've told me right?? I wanted to call his brother who was just off camera but then I didn't want the phone to ring in the background of the shot.
I waited until they packed up then I drove down to the next street and turned around back to my house and saw Jimmy walking up the driveway to come see me. He gave me the lowdown. Apparently he waved me down from my car but I guess I didn't see that part during my freak out. That's okay, I was in a company shirt and it was Friday so I wasn't exactly looking camera ready. Besides I probably would've looked like a goober.
To see the video, check out the following link: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/media?id=6260280
(All the shots looking over the houses are from our driveway.) After Jimmy gave me the lowdown, of course, I texted everybody! But the funniest thing was that after it aired our neighbor Randy (I didn't text him) calls Jimmy up and says very seriously, "Hey James, I was wondering if you could do me a favor? ... Could you give me your autograph?" :o) LOL (For those of you who've asked - he is charging $5 per autograph.)
The cutest was his mom. I had texted her but she's like my mom and has no clue how to work her phone. But she had gotten home from work and turned on the news. She was opening mail and had her head down when Bob said Jimmy's name - she looked up to see her son. She was so excited. And she was too cute when she called us to congratulate him!!
Excitement at my house this Friday!!
I had just finished lunch at the house and was driving back to work. When an ABC7 news van turns in front of me and drives down our street. Now for those of you that have been to the house know my street doesn't go anywhere. I turned to continue to work when my curiosity got the best of me. So I turned around and drove back down my street. I noticed that the van stopped at the top of our hill and then slowly started driving down the hill. So following him, I slowly crept over the hill in my car and what do I see when I get over the peak but the van parking in front of MY driveway!! What?!? What could they possibly want with our house?! So I pulled in behind the van and watched as a guy in a suit starts walking toward Brian (Jimmy's brother, who was outside working in the garage). They talk and then Jimmy comes out and starts talking to him. I thought, "Okay, maybe they want to use our house for its view of the valley" because I notice the other guy in the van pop out with a tripod and camera. Then they broke out the microphone!! Okay now I'm freaked out. Let's just say the guys aren't 100% legal to work from the garage. I started thinking they were doing some sort of exposé on them. But as I'm watching the interview Jimmy is smiling - okay no exposé - good, but then what?! I had just left the house and gave him a kiss goodbye, had there been anything interesting he would've told me right?? I wanted to call his brother who was just off camera but then I didn't want the phone to ring in the background of the shot.
I waited until they packed up then I drove down to the next street and turned around back to my house and saw Jimmy walking up the driveway to come see me. He gave me the lowdown. Apparently he waved me down from my car but I guess I didn't see that part during my freak out. That's okay, I was in a company shirt and it was Friday so I wasn't exactly looking camera ready. Besides I probably would've looked like a goober.
To see the video, check out the following link: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/media?id=6260280
(All the shots looking over the houses are from our driveway.) After Jimmy gave me the lowdown, of course, I texted everybody! But the funniest thing was that after it aired our neighbor Randy (I didn't text him) calls Jimmy up and says very seriously, "Hey James, I was wondering if you could do me a favor? ... Could you give me your autograph?" :o) LOL (For those of you who've asked - he is charging $5 per autograph.)
The cutest was his mom. I had texted her but she's like my mom and has no clue how to work her phone. But she had gotten home from work and turned on the news. She was opening mail and had her head down when Bob said Jimmy's name - she looked up to see her son. She was so excited. And she was too cute when she called us to congratulate him!!
